If you’re using Lightdm-Gtk-Greeter instead of the default Unity Greeter in Ubuntu 14.04, this quick tutorial will show you how to enable onscreen virtual keyboard in your login screen.
Lightdm-gtk-greeter provides a light-weight, GTK+2 or GTK+3 login screen for Linux desktops. It is available in the Software Center of Ubuntu 14.04.
Onscreen keyboard is not enabled by default in this greeter. If you want this feature, just do a little tweak on the config file and then you are able to launch the virtual keyboard via indicator menu or shortcut key F3.
First edit the config file, /etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf, with your favorite text editor. Here I use gedit.
Press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open the terminal. When it opens, run:
Thanks to open source, Ubuntu users now are able to sync content with Microsoft OneDrive while there is no official client for Linux.
OneDrive-d is an open source project on github that intends to develop an OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive) daemon on (X)Ubuntu Linux. The program is mainly written in Python and supplemented by Bash shell scripts. The API is based on Mike Kazantsev’s project python-onedrive.
With onedrive-d, you can simply create a folder and synchronize all content in your OneDrive account with that folder.
Install OneDrive-D in Ubuntu:
1. Download the package:
2. Extract the package and run the installer from the result folder: onedrive-d-master
To do so, press Ctrl+Alt+T and run the command below after your extracted the package:
cd ~/Downloads/onedrive-d-master/ && ./inst install
Use ./inst reinstall if you have a previous version installed.
3. Once installed, you’ll see the previous Settings window that asks you to connect to OneDrive and select an folder to sync. If not, run:
onedrive-prefs
When everything is done, run below command to start the daemon and enjoy!
onedrive-d
Make Onedrive-d start at login:
Search for and open “Startup Applications” (without quotes) from the Unity Dash. Click Add and type in a name and onedrive-d in command box.
Atareao team has updated its indicator app for Google Calendar with fixes of broken icon on Xfce, Gnome, and crash issue on launch.
Calendar indicator is an indicator applet that brings Google Calendar on your Ubuntu desktop. Besides displaying your events on Ubuntu panel, it has all basic Google Calendar features.
The latest update fixed two bugs on Ubuntu 14.04:
Fixed the broken indicator icon on Xfce or Gnome-flashback. bug #1312091
The new update was made into the developer’s PPA, available for Ubuntu 14.04 and its derivatives. Press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open the terminal. When it opens, run below commands one by one:
Opera 24 for Linux, the first Chromium-based build, was finally released today on June 23, 2014, as part of the ‘developer stream’. It has been almost one year since Opera released version 12.16 for Linux in July 2013.
Now, Linux users can get the newest Opera features, including:
Aura-powered UI
Discover
Stash
A wide selection of extensions and themes
Vastly improved Speed Dial and Opera Turbo.
and more.
A 64-bit .deb package is available from the link below:
Click to install the package via Ubuntu Software Center. During the installing process, it will add the Opera repository into your system so that you can receive future updates by running regular Ubuntu updates via Software Updater. Also, it will install the Pepper Flash Plugin to get flash working.
Tip:
I’ve installed Opera 24 on my 64-bit Ubuntu 14.04 laptop, but it does not launch due to permissions issue (might be).
I can open it by running below command in terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) to open it via root:
sudo opera-developer
Or edit the .desktop file (sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/opera-developer.desktop) and change the exe command to make it look like:
Springseed is a native Linux note-taking application that features markdown support, syntax highlighting, and sync with Dropbox. It’s a free and open source software.
Springseed 2.0 was released a few hours ago with following changes:
Version 2.0 works on Ubuntu 13.10 and Ubuntu 14.04. Download the packages from its website and click open with Ubuntu Software Center and finally install it on your system:
This quick tutorial is going to show you how to share a wired printer in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty over local network.
To get started, open Printers utility from Unity Dash search results or System Settings.
Once it opens, go to menu Server -> Settings…
Check the box where it says “Publish shared printers connected to this system” to enable network sharing of connected printers.
Finally, right-click on a printer in the list and go to its Properties window. Under Policies tab, make sure all three boxes (Enabled, Accepting jobs, and Shared) are checked.
Now you’re able to connect to this printer from Ubuntu/Windows client using Internet Printing Protocol (ipp://ip.address.or.name/printers/Printername).
This quick tutorial shows you how to install ClipGrab, a simple video downloader and converter, and create a launcher icon in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty LTS.
ClipGrab is a simple graphical tool that allows you to search and download videos from YouTube, Vimeo, Metacafe, and other video sites. It allows to save original video format or convert to MPEG4, MP3, WMV, OGG.
This free app supports HD 1080p videos after ffmpeg or avconv is installed.
ClipGrab has an Ubuntu PPA, but Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty is not supported yet. Below steps will show you how to install the .tar.gz package from its web site.
1. Press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open the terminal. When it opens, run below command so the app will support HP 1080p videos.
cd /opt/ && sudo tar -xvzf ~/Downloads/clipgrab-*.tar.gz
In file browser, go to Computer -> opt -> clipgrab-3.4.2 and you’ll see the app executable files. Run below command to allow executing them as program and finally click one to launch ClipGrab.
cd /opt/clipgrab-3.4.2/ && sudo chmod +x *
Create a launcher icon for ClipGrab:
Besides “lock to launcher” after you launched ClipGrab, you can create a shortcut icon manually by running below command:
Paste below content when the file opens. You may change the PATH to exec and icon to yours.
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Name=ClipGrab
Exec=/opt/clipgrab-3.4.2/clipgrab-3.4.2.x86_64
Icon=/home/handbook/Pictures/clipgrab-logo-icon.png
Comment[de_DE]=Videos von Online-Portalen wie YouTube herunterladen und konvertieren
Comment=Download and convert videos from various portals (e.g. YouTube)
Categories=Application;Network
The latest release of KDE Software Compilation 4.13.2, which was released on June 10, now is available for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS in Kubuntu backports PPA.
According to the changelog, KDE 4.13.2 contains important fixes for Kopete:
a decrease in the exit time of Kopete with enabled statistics plugin
a fix for the compilation of jabber libjingle for non x86 architectures
another fix for voice call support in the jabber libjingle library.
Voice calls now works with GMail web plugin, old Google Talk windows client, telepathy-gabble and other Kopete versions. For more details, read the official announcement.
Install / Upgrade to KDE 4.13.2 in Ubuntu 12.04:
Press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open the terminal. When it opens, run the command below to add Kubuntu Backports PPA:
WildGuppy is a simple application that automatically adjusts Ubuntu laptop’s screen brightness depending on one’s sitting environment.
The app changes your laptop’s screen brightness by using camera samples taken at a user definable interval. Besides that, you can always set the brightness manually from Brightness Levels menu. When you choose this option, webcam sampling process will stop!
About the Feeling lucky option, it takes a sample from your webcam at that time you click on it and set the right brightness level and will not take any further samples.
Install WildGuppy in Ubuntu:
It’s recommended to install the app from developer’s PPA. After that, you can receive updates by Ubuntu’s Software Updater.
To add the PPA, press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open the terminal. When it opens, run the command below:
Skype for Linux has been updated to version 4.3.0.37 with updated UI, new cloud-based Group chat experience, and more.
Microsoft finally announced Skype for Linux 4.3 on June 18, 2014. The new release dropped support for direct Alsa support, now it uses PulseAudio for better calling experience. Also Skype 4.3 contains below changes:
An updated UI
Our new cloud-based Group Chat experience
More reliable file transfer support when using multiple devices at once
Greater accessibility by blind and visually impaired users
At the moment, Skype for Linux 4.3 is not available in any Linux repository. Below steps will tell you how to install the official .deb package in Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 12.04, and their derivatives.
1. Install required libraries (for 64-bit system)
Skype website only provides 32-bit package for Ubuntu 12.04 and higher. You’re unable to install it directly on 64-bit system due to dependencies issue.
However, install the old skype from Canonical partners repository will also install the required libraries we need for NEW skype.
a.) Press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run commands one by one to remove old skype and .skype folder: